Milton-Freewater is a small town in Eastern OR and it apparently contains one tough old granny.

ZitatA man called police saying his 89-year-old neighbor kept spraying him with a garden hose simply because he was Hispanic. When Milton-Freewater police arrived to investigate, she sprayed them with water and called one a racial slur.

When the officer grabbed the hose from the woman she kicked him. He then arrested and booked her for intimidation, criminal mischief, harassment and attempted assault.

That is not sitting well with some and the district attorney is investigating whether the woman’s age should have warranted a different response from the deputies.

One city council member is suggesting the slur was no different from when people call police “pig,” which is something they’re supposed to ignore. Yet Oregon law forbids intimidation motivated by racial prejudice. And yet was the officer really “intimidated” by the elderly woman? Umatilla County and Milton-Freewater officials are trying to sort it out.